A DOORMAN from Guildford has been praised by Surrey Police after he gave first aid to a man who fell 30ft from a nightclub roof.

Miguel Cavaller, head doorman for the Wetherspoon pub at The Rodboro Buildings, in Bridge Street, received a certificate of commendation at the Surrey Police Command Commendation Ceremony.

The 28-year-old was recognised for his quick thinking and prompt actions, which the force said helped to save the man’s life after he fell trying to climb onto the roof of The Casino nightclub in November 2011.

Mr Cavaller was walking back to his car after finishing his shift at the pub when he noticed a man was trying to climb onto the roof of the building.

“As you walk past the back of The Casino it is really dark and you cannot see much,” said Mr Cavaller.

“I saw some white trainers, and I could just see the guy climbing through to get to the roof of the club, through all of the pipework.”

Mr Cavaller said he went to the front of the club to let the doorman know, and when he went back he could not see the man.

“I thought, right he must have gone, but then I noticed his shoes on the floor and realised he had fallen from the top to the bottom.”

Mr Cavaller, who also works as a lifeguard at the Lido swimming pool in Guildford, scaled an eight-foot spiked security fence to reach the injured man and performed first aid while passing on information on the man’s state to the emergency services over the phone.

“Luckily the guy was breathing, but he was unconscious and wasn’t breathing regularly,” explained Mr Cavaller.

“I listened to his breath. I also checked top to toe to make sure there weren’t any breaks and that there was no bleeding to the back of his head.

“But clearly I wasn’t going to move him as he had just fallen."

The nightclub manager from The Casino used cutters to get through the fence when the paramedics arrived and the injured man was put on a spinal board and taken to St George’s Hospital in Tooting.

Mr Cavaller said he did not hesitate when he first saw the man on the floor, and that his lifeguard training meant that if he saw someone in trouble his instinct was to be there first to help and make sure they were alright.

“It always makes me think whenever I walk past that the guy is lucky to be around. It just struck me the fact that people for the sake of a couple of pounds would go though all of that effort to get into a club.

"Hopefully he will tell his mates and they will realise that is not the way to go about it.”

A police spokesman said of Mr Cavaller: “Undoubtedly his prompt actions and immediate first aid helped save the man’s life.”